gathering where his base has seemingly seized control. and the man who tried but failed to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be his party s front-runner at least for now according to recent polls. late this afternoon, cpac released its very own nonscientific straw poll. trump crushed the politician seen as the biggest rival for the nomination, at least at this point, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. cnn s kristen holmes joins us from the cpac gathering. how s it been going so far? what s the former president saying? reporter: so former president trump still speaking. we re at the 90-minute mark. we expect him to go for a little bit longer now. he is really appealing to this crowd. a mix of old and new. he talked about how he wants to take on the establishment, particularly the republican establishment. he talked about how he got rid of political dynasties, he said the party would never go back to being the party of karl rove, paul ryan, and jeb bush. h
you re living in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. right now less than ten miles from the u.s. capitol former president donald trump is firing up his maga base at the conservative political action conference. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next president of the united states. president donald j. trump. [ cheers ] i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free that was the intro for the former president just moments ago. trump receiving a warm welcome at the annual c-pac gathering where his following has turned dominant, and the man who tried to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be the party s front-runner for 2024, according to recent polls. manip minutes ago there was a straw poll, take this with a grain of salt, he trumped the biggest rival, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. we have more now from the c-pac gathering. i guess this was not a big surprise that trump won the c-pac poll and not much surprise what
white. we didn t even have time to get anywhere. it was right on top of us. the house was shaking. we were all close together in the middle room of the house. wow. it s the craziest thing i ve ever been involved in. more than 20 million people are under high wind alerts in the mid atlantic, northeast and western u.s. meteorologist alilison chinchar is keeping an eye on all of this. this storm is heading out into the open atlantic, hopefully giving folks a break 24 hours from now. we still have heavy bands of snow across maine, new hampshire. you re getting a little bit of wraparound in upstate new york, places like watertown new york continuing to see snow. when you factor in the snow and wind component, it can lead to whiteout conditions. travel going to be very dicey in some spots. even farther south away from the snow, you still have wind advisories in place, looking at wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles per hour. that could lead to trees down and additional power outages.
fresh water environments. it causes rare infections by entering the body through the nose. for example, if someone is swimming in a lake and gets water up their nose. and symptoms of infection include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting. it can progress to stiff neck, seizures, or hallucinations. and infections are deadly. between 1962 and 2021, here in the u.s. the centers for disease control and prevention says only four out of 154 people known to have been infected survived the disease. these brain-eating amoeba infections can cause. these why health officials warn follow safe water practices, especially with sinus rinses. welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. tonight former president donald trump is being showered with maga love at the annual cpac
it causes rare infections by entering the body through the nose. for example, if someone is swimming in a lake and gets water up their nose. and symptoms of infection include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting. it can progress to stiff neck, seizures, or hallucinations. and infections are deadly. between 1962 and 2021, here in the u.s. the centers for disease control and prevention says only four out of 154 people known to have been infected survived the disease. these brain-eating amoeba infections can cause. these why health officials warn follow safe water practices, especially with sinus rinses. welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. tonight former president donald trump is being showered with maga love at the annual cpac